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Raising Your Child in a Digital World - Essential tips from my book

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My signature talk for parents of children aged 0-16 years are:

// Digitalised Childhoods (0-5 years)

How much screen-time is okay? How are screens impacting kids’ play, language development, social skills and physical development? When is it okay and safe to use screens? How are screens impacting on their attention spans, eye-sight, hearing and posture?

Children’s digital wellness expert (and mum!) Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents find the best ways to use technology to support, not stifle kids’ health, learning and development. She arms parents with facts, not fears, about what today’s kids (0-5 years) really need to thrive online and offline in a digital world (without suggesting that we ban the iPad, or unplug the TV). Download PDF overview here.

// Raising Young Children in a Digital World? (5-12 years)

Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents and professionals working with families (educators and health professionals) find the best ways to use technology to support, not stifle young children’s learning and development. She marries the latest research from a range of disciplines (including neuroscience, developmental science and technology research) to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge perspective about the impact of “digitalised childhoods” on young children’s learning, health and wellbeing. Kristy shows parents and educators that technology isn’t necessarily toxic or taboo and it won’t damage your child’s development if it’s used the right ways. Kristy arms parents with facts, not fears, about the impact of screens on kids' learning, health and development (without telling you to digitally amputate your child). This seminar is designed for parents of primary school students. Download the info kit here.

If you're interested in Lunch and Learn seminars you can read more here about a modified version of this seminar.

// Raising Boys in a Digital World? (3-12 years)

Dr Kristy Goodwin, a digital parenting educator, researcher and author (& mum to two boys), translates the latest research about how boys’ technology habits are shaping their childhood. Dr Kristy helps confused and concerned parents make informed decisions about how to best manage screen-time at home (so it doesn’t always end in tears and tantrums)… and no she won’t suggest that you ban the iPad, or gaming console. Kristy will arm parents with essential information about how gaming, social media and pornography are influencing boys’ health, learning and development. She’ll arm parents with simple strategies and ideas to enable parents to confidently navigate the digital world with their sons. Download a PDF overview here.

If you're interested in Lunch and Learn seminars a modified version of this seminar can be delivered.

// Raising Girls in a Digital World? (3-12 years)

Dr Kristy Goodwin, a digital parenting educator and author (& mum who also deals with her kids’ techno-tantrums), translates the latest research about how technology is impacting on girls’ health, learning and development. Dr Kristy helps confused and concerned parents of girls make informed decisions about how to best manage screen-time at home (without scream time)… and no she won’t suggest that you ban your daughter’s iPad, or unplug the TV. You’ll understand the current risks facing girls including cyber-safety issues, exposure to pornography and social media threats. Dr Kristy will arm parents with essential information and practical tips so you can confidently help your daughter navigate the digital world she’s inherited. Download a PDF overview here.

If you're interested in Lunch and Learn seminars a modified version of this seminar can be delivered.

// Raising Screenagers in a Digital World (12-16 years)

As parents, we’re bamboozled by the often conflicting information and advice about how technology is impacting on teens’ health, learning and wellbeing. Whether we love it or loathe it, technology is here to stay. So digitally amputating your teen is NOT the solution. Instead, we have to teach our teens how to use screens in healthy and helpful ways.

We need to plan, not ban technology with our teens. We need to show them how to be masters of the media and not slaves to the screen!

Digital wellness researcher, speaker and author (and mum!) Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parent and professionals find the best ways to use technology to support, not stifle kids’ health, learning and development. She arms parents with facts, not fears, about what today’s kids (0-18 years) really need to thrive online and offline in a digital world. Download a PDF outline here.

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How much screen-time is okay? How are screens impacting kids’ play, language development, social skills and physical development? When is it okay and safe to use screens? How are screens impacting on their attention spans, eye-sight, hearing and posture?

Children’s digital wellness expert (and mum!) Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents and professionals find the best ways to use technology to support, not stifle kids’ health, learning and development. She arms parents and professionals with facts, not fears, about what today’s kids (0-5 years) really need to thrive online and offline in a digital world (without suggesting that we digitally amputate kids!). Download a PDF overview here.

// Teaching the iGen: How are Today's Learners Wired to Learn?

This practical seminar is designed for educators and educational leaders working in primary or secondary schools (the seminar is different for each audience). Dr Kristy Goodwin outlines how today's 'digitalised childhoods' are changing the ways that children and adolescents expect and want to learn. Kristy equips teachers with essential information about how technology is impacting kids' health, wellbeing, learning and development. She details practical ways that educators can cater for the iGen's altered learning preferences in the classroom.

// Technology and Testosterone: How Screens are Impacting Our Boys (ideal for educators and health professionals working with kids aged 5-16 years)

In this keynote address Dr Kristy Goodwin translates the latest research about how technology is impacting on boys' health, learning and development into practical and digestible information for educators and health professionals working with boys and their families. This keynote address can also be modified and delivered as a parent seminar.

Many parents, educators and health professionals feel confused about girls’ digital habits and are concerned about:

// girls’ infatuation with text messaging and social media;

// the impact of social media on girls’ body image and mental health;

// the addictive potential of social media and other screen activities;

// girls’ attention spans being hijacked by screens;and

// the impact of screens on girls’ sleep habits.

In this engaging seminar, Dr Kristy draws on the latest neuroscience, developmental science and technology research to explain why technology infatuates our girls (there’s science behind why your daughter wants to sleep with her mobile phone). She arms parents and professionals with research-based information about both the positive potential and the pitfalls associated with technology. Download a PDF overview here.

// Pictures, Posts, Profiles, Pornography & Pedophiles: What Professionals Need To Know About Working With Young Kids In The Digital Age (created for educators & health professionals working with children aged 0-16 years)

In this keynote address Dr Kristy Goodwin provides educators and health professionals with essential information about the potential pitfalls of kids' digitalised childhoods and adolescence. Kristy identifies some of the legal responsibilities of educators, carers and health professionals working with young children, especially as it relates to photography, videos and social media. Kristy arms professionals working with kids and families with the most up-to-date, research-based information to help mitigate the adverse impact of screens on kids' health and wellbeing. (because digital abstinence isn't a solution!)

Here are a few more parent favourites:

// Screen-Time Without Scream-Time: What Parents Really Need to Know and Do (ideal for parents of children aged 0-12 years)

In this practical seminar Dr Kristy Goodwin provides solutions to one of parents’ biggest digital dilemmas: managing kids’ screen time (so that it doesn’t end in tears and tantrums). Kristy helps parents navigate young children’s digital terrain with confidence and clarity... without having to ban the iPad or unplug the TV…and without a side serve of parental guilt. Kristy informs parents about screen time and empowers them to make informed decisions about how to best use (and sometimes avoid) screens. Parents are armed with an arsenal of simple tools and strategies to manage their children’s screen time so that screens help, not harm, young children’s health, development and wellbeing.

// Healthy Digital Habits: Ensuring Your Child Forms Healthy Technology Habits From the Start (created for parents and educators with children aged 0-12 years in mind)

In this practical seminar Dr Kristy Goodwin provides simple and realistic ideas about how to use screens and technology in healthy and helpful ways. Kristy explains the possible health risks associated with the incorrect, excessive or premature introduction of screens- impacts on kids' vision, hearing, posture and even possible health risks associated with WiFi. Parents are armed with an arsenal of simple tools and strategies to manage their children’s screen time so that screens help, not harm, young children’s health, development and wellbeing. And no, Kristy won't suggest that you ban digital devices!

COMING SOON- How do screens impact boys differently to girls? Why are boys obsessed with gaming, more likely to become addicted to technology and what's the impact of pornography exposure.

//Wired to Learn: School Readiness in a Digital Age (great for parents and educators with children aged 3-5 years)

Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents and educators understand what preschoolers really need to be 'ready' for school. In this highly practical seminar, Kristy identifies the seven essential building blocks for optimal learning and development in a digital age (and no, young kids don't need to know how to word-process a document, or write code!). These seven basic building blocks are drawn from the latest developmental science and neuroscience and include: relationships, language, ,play, sleep, movement, executive function skills and play. Kristy provides parents and educators with simple strategies and tips to ensure that preschoolers are prepared and ready to thrive, not just survive when they enter Kindergarten.

Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents find the best ways to use technology to support, not stifle young children’s learning and development. She marries the latest research from a range of disciplines (including neuroscience, developmental science and technology research) to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge perspective about the impact of “digitalised childhoods” on young children’s learning, health and wellbeing. Kristy shows parents and educators that technology isn’t necessarily toxic or taboo and it won’t damage your child’s development if it’s used the right ways. And that’s exactly what Kristy shares with parents in this seminar: how to use technology in healthy and helpful ways.

// Techno-Tots: What Every Parent Really Needs to Know About Raising Babies and Toddlers in a Digital Age (created for parents and educators with children aged 0-3 years)

Dr Kristy Goodwin explores how technology is changing childhood and impacting on the ways today’s little ones learn and develop. She alleviates parents’ pressing fears and concerns (techno guilt) when it comes to babies, toddlers and technology. Kristy arms parents and early childhood educators with facts (not fears) and dispels the most common myths and misconceptions when it comes to raising young children in the digital age (and no, you won’t have to unplug your TV or ban the iPad). Kristy suggests healthy and helpful ways to use technology with young children and the essential things parents need to do to minimise any potential harmful effects (because if we’re not careful technology can be detrimental to our child’s development).

Lunch and Learn Seminars

Dr Kristy Goodwin delivers a practical 60-minute parent seminar to help parents understand how kids’ “digitalised childhoods” are impacting their health, learning & development. Dr Kristy highlights the potential and pitfalls associated with kids using technology and arms parents with simple strategies (without the guilt) about how to manage screens at home.

Are your staff constantly tethered to their digital devices and finding it hard to sustain their attention? Are they suffering from ‘infobesity’, ‘phantom vibration syndrome’ or perhaps tech-neck, or eye-strain? Is their productivity being compromised because of their digital habits at night or constant multi-tasking?

Dr Kristy Goodwin delivers a practical seminar for companies wanting to maximise their employees’ digital health and wellbeing. Empower your staff to be masters of technology, and not be a slave to the screen. Kristy arms attendees with simple (realistic) strategies to develop healthy habits at work and home so that your employees can thrive in the digital age.

Here are the professional learning workshops I deliver (to educators & health professionals):

In this practical seminar Dr Kristy Goodwin provides simple and realistic ideas about how to use screens and technology in healthy and helpful ways. Kristy explains the possible health risks associated with the incorrect, excessive or premature introduction of screens- impacts on kids' vision, hearing, posture and even possible health risks associated with WiFi. Parents are armed with an arsenal of simple tools and strategies to manage their children’s screen time so that screens help, not harm, young children’s health, development and wellbeing. And no, Kristy won't suggest that you ban digital devices!

Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents, educators and students understand how children's attention spans are being hijacked by technology. In this practical seminar Dr Kristy explains why it's essential that children learn how to manage their attention in the 21st Century. She tailors workshops so participants understand the costs of multi-tasking and continuous partial attention on learning and wellbeing. Dr Kristy also arms participants with simple and effective strategies to maximise attention and minimise digital distractions.

//Wired to Learn: School Readiness in a Digital Age (great for early childhood educators working with children aged 3-5 years)

Dr Kristy Goodwin helps parents and educators understand what preschoolers really need to be 'ready' for school. In this highly practical seminar, Kristy identifies the seven essential building blocks for optimal learning and development in a digital age (and no, young kids don't need to know how to word-process a document, or write code!). These seven basic building blocks are drawn from the latest developmental science and neuroscience and include: relationships, language, ,play, sleep, movement, executive function skills and play. Kristy provides parents and educators with simple strategies and tips to ensure that preschoolers are prepared and ready to thrive, not just survive when they enter Kindergarten.

Navigating social media and the online world when you’re an educator or carer can be a minefield. Not only do you have to be aware over what you post online, but you also need to monitor young children’s online activity whilst they’re in your care. This is confusing and concerning!

The technology keeps evolving and so too do your professional standards and legal responsibilities. But do you know where you stand professionally and legally when it comes to navigating the digital terrain?

// Is it okay to take and share photos and videos of kids on social media? (And what happens if your phone is lost or misplaced?)

// What are current cyber-safety risks facing today’s kids and professionals working with kids?

// Online etiquette- what are the general rules for interacting and engaging online and how you might be compromising your professional integrity when online?

// Working with Screenagers (designed for early childhood educators, primary & secondary teachers and health professionals working with kids aged 2-16 years)

In this 90-minute seminar Dr Kristy draws on the latest research from neuroscience, technology and child development disciplines to inform health professionals about how today’s learners (the iGen) want and expect to learn and how their digitalised childhoods and adolescence are shaping their health, development and learning. Download a PDF overview here.

Here are my student workshops

// Happy & Healthy Online

In this practical seminar Dr Kristy Goodwin provides students with information about how their digital habits are compromising their physical, social-emotional health and attention spans. She explains that students’ vision (increasing rates of myopia), hearing (noise-induced hearing loss because of headphones), musculoskeletal development (such as tech-neck), could be caused by unhealthy screen habits. Kristy also explains how students’ social-emotional wellbeing and attention spans are also being shaped by their digital habits. Kristy arms students with practical strategies and healthy habits to ensure that their screen-time doesn't impact their health. Download a PDF overview here.

//Cyber-Safe Kids

Dr Kristy Goodwin can help students (primary and secondary students) make informed choices about their cyber habits. She delivers a practical, 60-minute student workshop that highlights some of the potential pitfalls of being online and empowers students to make informed choices about their online activities so that their safety and wellbeing isn't compromised (without digitally-amputating kids!).

In this practical student workshop Dr Kristy will equip students with research-based practical strategies to manage their attention (without telling them they need to give up their smartphone, or stop using the iPad). Kristy shares research-based information about the costs of multitasking and simple, practical strategies to help students manage their attention spans in a digital world.

Please note, my brilliant assistant works part-time and due to the high number of enquiries and other commitments, she’ll respond as soon as possible (usually within 48 business hours). Please be patient as you await her reply.